The Tennessee star., 1887-11-25
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

send back those rebel flags, after all.
iaThcy seem to be in great demand down
there Detroit Tribune.
.Bg-They shy that Postmastcr-Gen-
eral Villas Vice Presidential boom has
been returned to the dead-letter office.
1t was deficient in stamps. -Psttsburgh
Chronicle.
In the wake Of rubber trusts"
oil ''trusts." milk trusts" the Dem
ocratic of1ice-holders aref anxious to
organize pap. trust. - Oshkosh WsS.
Northeastern.
B&rTo secure political preferment
in the South or from the Democratic
Federal Administration it seems to be
necessary that Southern man should
first prove that lie is still 'Confed.
crate. Albany en- J. Journal.
EA- The South may divide its
homage between Grover Cleveland
and jeff Davis and shout itself hoarsc
for both. but it amounts to nothing.
The South can be made no more solidly
Democratic than it has been. - Detroi!
Tribune.
Rag- The same old objection remains
to the Democratic party; it is the party
of the past and is buried beneath the
debris Of uncounted years. Grover
Cleveland came in the role of Gabriel
to endevor to resurrect it, but he was
not equal to- the task.-St. Joseph
| Herald.
ReF Have the finances of the coun-
try suffered under Democratic man
agement?" asks Democrat. No., be-
cause the Democrats have managed
them just as the Republicans did.
But let them try to practice plan OF
their own. and see where the country
would be. Chicago Journal.
Ra- The mistakes it has made in
the past will be corrected in the future,
and the Republican party will con-
/ tinue to exist until servile labor il
abolished, as slavery was abolished;
local self-govcl'nmcnt in which al men
take a part is established, and Demo-
cratic oligarchies are destroyed. -
! WdMlW9tOD iepDOttcun.
BGThe fact that Mr.. Cleveland is
a dreary failure rs an orator does not
necessarily imply that he is man Of
small mental caliber. It is his persist
ence in trying to make speeches when
he ought to have sense enough to keep
still that makes it so hard to o:,edit
him with reasonable degree of brain
power. Louis Globe Democrat.
N RE~ A political exhibit of the G. A.
| r.: Spent in charity from March, 1886
to March, 1887, s25S, 934. 43; spent in
political work, nothing; balance in
favor of charity, $253, a34 As Num-
Der Of needy individuals relieved,
26.606; number II needy politicians
| relieved, none; balance in favor of the
needy, 26,606 - hicago Inter Occan.
RE@Prcsident Cleveland 8 evcrlast-
ing allusion 10 the dignity of his
office are rather untimely and un-
| necessary, The people of the west
have about as thorough an apprecia-
ton Of its dignity as they need for
ordinary purposes, and the Office would
be equally awe-inspiring if Mr.. Cleye-
land had never held ;t.-Ne6rasku
Stdke Journal
arPeople ran not but reflect wheth-
or all the noise and tumuit of the
Democrats in tie last Presidential can
vass We're justitiablc for the simple
sake OF getting possession If the Oh
hces; and whether t4eir boasts that
the apptchendel pcrils of intrustinr
the country. to their rule have not oc-
curred, are becoming SO long rs they
have not ventured 70 try any policy or
legislation of their own.- Milvaakce
SeAinel